title: Sleepless nights in the ICU: the awaken family.
abstract: Having a loved-one in the ICU is a traumatic experience for family members that can lead to a cluster of psychological complications, recently defined as post-intensive care family syndrome. In a previous issue of Critical Care, Day and colleagues stressed the severe sleep disturbance and fatigue experienced by a majority of ICU patient family members. However, despite this burden being well characterised, the best preventive coping strategy remains undetermined.
authors.forename: Matthieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Elie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Azoulay
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology*